''Air Supply'' is the eighth studio and second

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album by British-Australian

soft rock Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. S ...

duo

Air Supply Air Supply is a soft rock duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975. It consists of Englishman Graham Russell (vocals, guitar) and Australian Russell Hitchcock (vocals). They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight top-five ...

, released in 1985. The album was a step down in the band's sales, reaching gold certification and No. 26 on the US charts. The single " Just as I Am" was their last major entry on the charts, reaching No. 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while their interpretation of the Jennifer Rush song " The Power of Love" became a minor hit, reaching No. 68. Air Supply (1985): Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles8-12-08

Track listing

# " Just as I Am" (

Rob Hegel Robert Eric Hegel (born on August 5, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing the Air Supply top twenty hit " Just as I Am" (with guitarist Dick Wagner) and the top ten disco hit "Sinner Man" for Sarah Dash (of Labelle). E ...

Dick Wagner Richard Allen Wagner (December 14, 1942 – July 30, 2014) was an American rock guitarist, songwriter and author best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and Kiss. He also fronted his own Michigan-based bands, the Frost and the Bos ...

) – 4:46 # " The Power of Love" (Gunther Mende, Candy DeRouge, Jennifer Rush, Mary Susan Applegate) – 5:22 # "I Can't Let Go" (Graham Russell, Billy Steinberg) – 4:10 # "After All" (Seth Swirsky) – 3:40 # "I Wanna Hold You Tonight" (Russell, Don Cromwell, Ken Rarick) – 3:45 # "Make It Right" (Russell, Cromwell, Rarick) – 3:48 # "When the Time Is Right" (Gerald Milne) – 4:51 # " Sandy" (

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...

) – 4:17 # "Great Pioneer" (Russell, Milne) – 4:11 # "Black and Blue" (Russell, Steinberg, Cromwell, Rarick) – 3:58 # "Sunset" (Russell) – 2:49 # "Never Fade Away" (Russell) – 4:40

Personnel

Air Supply *

Russell Hitchcock Russell Charles Hitchcock (born 15 June 1949) is an Australian musician and lead vocalist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. Early life Born in Melbourne, Hitchcock attended South Brunswick State School, and later studied at Princes Hill High ...

– vocals *

Graham Russell Graham Cyril Russell (born 11 June 1950) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. In 1975, with Russell Hitchcock, he formed Air Supply in Australia. The duo have been singing and p ...

– vocals, guitars *

Wally Stocker Wally Stocker (born Walter Frederick Stocker, 27 March 1953, London, England) is an English rock guitarist, perhaps best known as the lead guitarist with The Babys. The Babys disbanded in 1981 and he toured with Rod Stewart and Air Supply, a ...

– guitars *

Frank Esler-Smith Frank Esler-Smith (5 June 1948 in London, England – 1 March 1991 in Melbourne, Australia) was an English arranger and keyboard player for Doug Parkinson's Southern Star from 1978 to 1980 before joining the soft rock band Air Supply in their 198 ...

– keyboards, string arrangements * Ken Rarick – keyboards * Andy Richards – keyboard programming, synthesizer programming * Don Cromwell – bass * Ralph Cooper – drums Additional musicians *

Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin's car ...

– keyboards * George Doering – guitars *

Grant Geissman Grant Geissman (born April 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for ''Monk'' and other TV series. Career Geissman was born i ...

– guitars *

Tim Thorney Tim Thorney (February 4, 1955 – June 15, 2021) was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, working out of his studio Villa Sound near Collingwood, Ontario. History Thorney first came to prominence as a recording engineer and s ...

– guitars *

– guitars * Howard Ayee – bass, backing vocals * Tim Ryan – bass *

Ken Sinnaeve Kenneth "Spider" Sinnaeve (born May 2, 1955) is a Canadian musician. He was a founding member of the popular Canadian band Streetheart, and since 2001 has been a member of Loverboy, replacing late original bassist Scott Smith. Sinnaeve has als ...

– bass * Jorn Anderson – drums * Gary Craig – drums, percussion * Charlie Morgan – drums, percussion * Del Blake – percussion *

Marc Russo Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ri ...

– saxophones *

Larry Williams Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...

– saxophones * Gary Grant – trumpet *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– trumpet * Maxi Anderson – backing vocals *

Joel Feeney Joel Richard Stephan Feeney (born November 21, 1957) is a Canadian country, pop music singer, songwriter and record producer. History Joel Feeney commenced his recording career with the pop rock band The Front. Feeney was also a producer on album ...

– backing vocals *

Chrissie Hammond Cheetah were an Australian hard rock band, active between 1976 and 1984. The mainstay members and co-lead vocalists were English-born sisters, Chrissie and Lyndsay Hammond. They released their only album, ''Rock & Roll Women'', in April 1982. ...

– backing vocals * Lindsay Hammond – backing vocals * Rachel Oldfield – backing vocals * Phyllis St. James – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals

Production

* Bob Ezrin – producer (1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11) * Peter Collins – producer (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12) * Mark Weiss – photography * David Arden – management *

Don Arden Don Arden (born Harry Levy; 4 January 1926 – 21 July 2007) was an English music manager, agent, and businessman. He managed the careers of rock acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Air Supply, Small Faces, The Move, Black Sabbat ...

– management * Jet Management – management company

Charts

References

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